Carb Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is for sending messages, and the word from Simon Pagenaud is that Honda Performance Development apparently has closed the horsepower gap on rival Chevrolet heading into Sunday’s 97th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Pagenaud, who will start from the outside of the seventh row, topped the Coors Light Carb Day [...]
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
ROME, N.Y. – In what has become an annual rite of summer, Central New York racing fans recently honored the legacy of Modified hero Richie Evans at the track where he made his stock car debut – astonishingly – 50 years ago.
Utica-Rome Speedway was in its infancy when Evans and [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Sprint Cup’s hottest feud is over after all of three days as both Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart said Tuesday that it’s time to get back to racing for the 2012 series championship.
Kenseth said it after a tire test at Kansas Speedway on Tuesday afternoon and [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
Talk about things being in place for a big year. Matt Hagan was the defending NHRA Funny Car champion when 2012 began. Proven winner Tommy DeLago was back on the wrenches, the same skills that made Hagan one of the best leavers in racing was still in place and Hagan [...]
RacinToday.com
Ryan Briscoe, who started next to teammate and pole sitter Will Power, held off Power on a pair of late restarts and won the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma by 0.4408 of a second for his first victory since Texas in 2010.
Briscoe became the seventh different winner in 13 IndyCar Series races this season.
“We [...]
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor
RacinToday.com
So, was the throw that Tony Stewart made with his helmet at Matt Kenseth after a wreck at Bristol Motor Speedway Saturday night a strike? Depends upon where Stewart was aiming, one would have to assume.
For Kenseth, it was not a curve ball, however. He knew it was coming.
“I was [...]
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Denny Hamlin claimed his first-ever Bristol Motor Speedway victory in Saturday’s IRWIN Tools Night Race, four drivers clinched spots in the Chase and four drivers emerged tied for the Chase’s top seed, but Tony Stewart’s helmet throw will undoubtedly receive top billing on next week’s highlights and [...]
RacinToday.com
Will Power won the pole for the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma for the third consecutive year Saturday.
Power, who has won the past two races at Sonoma from the pole, set an IZOD IndyCar Series qualifying record for the 2.385-mile, 12-turn layout with a lap of 1 minute, 17.2709 seconds in the Firestone Fast [...]
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
ABINGDON, Va. – FAA investigators were scheduled to arrive Saturday at South Holston Lake where a Food City corporate helicopter crashed after transporting passengers from Bristol Motor Speedway to a residence following Friday night’s Food City 250 NASCAR Nationwide race.
The 1996 Bell 407 helicopter crashed in the lake’s Washington [...]
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Shades of the old Bristol Motor Speedway that fans loved and most drivers despised reappeared Friday night in the Food City 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race.
The 250-lap event that was delayed nearly an hour by rain and eventually won by Joey Logano produced nine yellow flags for [...]
By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Brad Keselowski said last week that Hendrick Motorsports might be fudging on the rules directed at rear ends and suspensions to gain a competitive advantage.
He backed off those comments somewhat Thursday evening during a media function at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was asked on Friday if [...]
YouTube Channels
Today's Events
Upcoming Events
- May 26, 2013
- June 1, 2013
- NNS Race DoverNNS Race DoverTime: 2:30 pm
2:30 p.m. (ET) ESPN Dover International Speedway Dover, DE at 2:30 pm - IndyCar Dual Race 2 DetroitIndyCar Dual Race 2 DetroitTime: 3:30 pm
3:30 p.m. (ET) ABC Detroit, MI at 3:30 pm - IndyCar Dual Race 1 DetroitIndyCar Dual Race 1 DetroitTime: 3:30 pm
3:30 p.m. (ET) ABC Detroit, MI at 3:30 pm
- NNS Race Dover
- June 2, 2013
- June 7, 2013
- June 8, 2013
- June 9, 2013
- June 15, 2013
- June 22, 2013
- June 23, 2013
- June 27, 2013
- June 28, 2013
- June 29, 2013